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My daughter wants me to go to Pensacola after PIR. Will I see her before A school starts?
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Permalink Reply by Arwen on
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New sailors may have time between when they arrive at A school and when they begin classes (sometimes more than 2 months, especially at Pensacola NAS) but during that time they are kept working a daily schedule. They do office work, clean the base, mop floors, etc.
They get evenings and weekends off, but they are not allowed to leave base at least for 2 weeks (at Corry Station), and often for 6 weeks or more (at Pensacola NAS).
If she will be grad-and-go from boot camp, visiting at Pensacola is not a bad idea, tough you may want to wait a week or two until she settles in. You can still spend time together, you just need to do it on base. There are actually a lot of things to do on base. At the NAS they have a beach, sailboat rentals, and beach cabin rentals (which your daughter would have to arrange for a later visit). At Corry Station there are on-base museums, a recreation center with a pool and great shopping at the NEX.
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Permalink Reply by cschlatter on
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Hi, Thank you for replying! That helps. I believe I will see her after 7 weeks, so it may be that I don't go to Pensacola right away. Thankyou again!!
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Permalink Reply by Kathy (AOMom) on
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I visited Pensacola, it does have a lot to do on it, even a Aviation Museum. Just a heads up, even if she has liberty she could be given watch or duty, and sometimes that does happen overweekends. At the beginning her time is so limited for free time, I would definitely wait. Hope you do make plans to go there, I really enjoyed my visit with my sailor and all her shipmates/bunkmates, it was fun. We rented jet skis and had a blast in the Gulf of Mexico!
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